When will the power be back in Emmaus, PA?
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Emmaus is a borough of about 12,314 residents in Lehigh County.
PPL Electric Utilities has reported outages for Emmaus by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Emmaus is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Emmaus:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Emmaus: the closest other places we track are Allentown, about 4 miles to the north; Bethlehem, about 9 miles to the northeast; Northampton, about 10 miles to the north; and Easton, about 18 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Phillipsburg, NJ (20 mi NE); Pottstown (21 mi S); Lansdale (23 mi SE); Reading (26 mi SW); Phoenixville (28 mi S); Wyomissing (29 mi SW); Norristown (30 mi S); and Hazleton (38 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wilkes-Barre (53 mi); northeast toward Hackettstown, NJ (42 mi); east toward Princeton, NJ (45 mi); southeast toward Philadelphia (41 mi); south toward West Chester (40 mi); southwest toward Coatesville (42 mi); west toward Pottsville (39 mi); and northwest toward Nanticoke (53 mi).
Who serves Emmaus?
We track live outage data from PPL Electric Utilities and FirstEnergy in Lehigh County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
County context: across all of Lehigh County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Lehigh County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Emmaus, PA?
To check your own street, search an Emmaus ZIP code — 18049, 18098 or 18099 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Emmaus specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Emmaus we have the city-level view: PPL Electric Utilities has published outages for Emmaus under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Emmaus is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lehigh County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Emmaus.
